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May 18
I got rejected 11 times in 4 months.

Same resume. Same cover letter. Same rehearsed answers.

After rejection 9, I cried in my car in a parking lot for 20 minutes. Then drove home and applied to 3 more jobs.

Here's what I finally figured out on interview 12.
1/ The first thing I got wrong: I thought interviews were tests.

They're not. They're conversations where someone is trying to figure out if they can spend 8 hours a day with you.

I was performing. Stiff answers. Rehearsed stories. Zero personality.

I was so focused on saying the right thing that I forgot to be a person.
2/ Rejection number 4 was the one that hurt most.

I made it to round 3. Final interview. I thought it was mine.

They sent an email on a Friday evening. "We've decided to move forward with another candidate."

I read it 6 times thinking I'd misunderstood. I hadn't.

I didn't apply anywhere for 2 weeks after that.
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May 18
Supreme Court/PM/ FM/IBA/ Bank Management/ Bank Unions will be responsible for abetting murder of Bank pensioners for decade delaying M C Singla case. 231000 pensioners died from 2008 to 2025. Another 4000 may die from 13.6.2026 to 22.07.2026@56 persons/day for 40 days. Numerous Image
Adjournments/ court dates only have wiped home/ life of Bank pensioners.pension corpus is much higher to take care of pension load. Some banks mis utilised pension corpus. Supreme Court has turned deaf ear to precarious conditions of Living bank ispensioners.PM
Distributing freebies in name of election stunt but why denying our own fund. Is SC has become 3 famous monkeys of Mahatma Gandhi ji. Whether any accountability of SC for numerous dates. What action on IBA for giving false data to SC on pension funds/ loads. Why not CBI enquiry
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May 18
Good morning. We will shortly be live tweeting day 6 of the employment tribunal of LY vs Manchester City Council (MCC).
LY holds gender critical views and is Catholic and was formerly Equality Team Manager at MCC. She was dismissed from this role due to her social media content. Image
LY claims:
(a) Direct discrimination because of religion or belief;
(b) Harassment related to religion or belief;
(c) Discrimination arising from disability;
(d) Harassment related to disability;
(e) Unfair dismissal.
We're a collective of volunteer citizen journalists & not paid for our work. Please support us by subscribing to our Substack (link in bio above) which funds our digital & some travel costs.

We report what we hear in good faith but do not provide a transcript of proceedings.
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May 18
🧵1/

Something very interesting is happening in silver right now… and most people still don’t see it. 🥈
India just restricted silver imports.

Not tariffs.
Not taxes.

Restrictions.
That changes the game.

Special thanks to @BankerWeimar for the valuable information and research on this developing situation. 🫡🥈Image
2/

A tariff only makes silver more expensive.
A restriction means imports now require permission.

Read that again carefully.

India is no longer simply pricing silver…

it is starting to CONTROL the physical flow of silver into the country.
3/

Now here’s the part stackers should pay attention to:
Silver in India was recently trading at a DISCOUNT of nearly $6/oz to global prices.

After the restrictions?

That discount rapidly narrowed…

and traders now expect a PREMIUM of $1.5–$2/oz.
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May 18
Mashovets Hulyaipole Summary

On the Hulyaipole direction, fighting has largely devolved into fragmented clashes between small infantry groups operating deep inside each other’s tactical positions. Neither side is achieving meaningful advances with larger formations, while the battlefield itself has become heavily infiltrated by scattered assault teams.

The sector from Dobropillia to Luhivske is defined by constant small-group penetrations, temporary strongpoints, and isolated positions held behind enemy lines. Russian assault groups reached as far west as the Vozdvyzhevska area and south of Novoselivka, while Ukrainian troops continue holding isolated positions near western Hulyaipole, Zelene, and west of Oleno-Kostiantynivka.Image
Combat has fragmented to the level of continuous skirmishes over shelters, treelines, buildings, and isolated defensive points, often involving groups of just 2–4 soldiers rather than platoon or company-sized assaults. Russian tactics focus on stealth infiltration deep into Ukrainian positions, securing cover, and waiting for reinforcements. Ukrainian groups operating behind Russian lines aim to disrupt enemy movement, tie down manpower, and slow further advances.

Overall, the offensive pace of Russia’s 5th Combined Arms Army has significantly slowed. While individual assault groups still manage incremental infiltrations, progress is extremely limited — often only a few kilometers over several weeks. In many cases, even Russian groups that temporarily establish positions behind Ukrainian lines are later eliminated by Ukrainian counter-clearing operations, including recent actions near Verkhnya Tersa, Krynychne, and Sviatopetrivka.
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May 18
This is Dr. Otto Warburg.

He won the Nobel Prize for discovering how cancer cells feed.

He then discovered a way to prevent cancer, diabetes, and obesity, but when he revealed it, the medical system destroyed him.

Here are his 7 hidden findings that you must never discover: 🧵 Image
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A Nobel Prize winner hid his findings because his theory didn't fit with the pharmaceutical business model.

This is what they didn't want you to know...
In 1931, Warburg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for identifying the main cause of cancer.

He demonstrated that cancer cells switch from oxygen-based energy (respiration) to sugar fermentation even in the presence of oxygen.

This is currently known as the Warburg Effect. Image
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May 18
10 AI tools recommended by 10 billionaires in 2026.

1) Elon Musk → Grok

Musk built xAI and ships Grok inside X for free. The AI with a sense of humor and real-time access to X posts. Free for every X user.

Site → x.aiImage
2) Sam Altman → ChatGPT

The man who built it uses it daily. Free version answers most questions. 800M weekly users. The fastest way into the AI conversation.

Site → chatgpt.comImage
3. Dario Amodei → Claude

The Anthropic CEO uses Claude to write everything from internal memos to public essays. Free tier is genuinely useful for daily work.

Site → claude.aiImage
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May 18
1/ Could Yevgeny Prigozhin have become Russia's equivalent of Ukraine's Robert 'Madyar' Brovdi if he had been allowed to live? A provocative Russian commentary suggests that Wagner's 'civilian-controlled military' operating model could have been applied more widely by Russia. ⬇️ Image
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2/ 'Russian Engineer' writes:

"The answers to the questions are about what changes allowed the enemy to halt the downward trend in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was clearly evident throughout 2025."
3/ "And now they're striking along the Novorossiya highway, and simultaneously in Moscow and Sevastopol.
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May 18
Mashovets Oleksandrivske Summary

Russian forces on the Oleksandrivske direction continue attempts to restore positions lost during Ukrainian counterattacks earlier this spring. Additional units, including elements of the 120th Naval Infantry Division, were committed in support of the 36th and 29th Combined Arms Armies in an effort to push back toward the Vovcha River and secure the Hulyaipole–Velyka Novosilka road.

Fighting remains centered around small infantry assault groups on multiple sectors simultaneously. Russian troops achieved limited tactical infiltrations near Olexandrohrad, Sichneve, Stepove, Verbove and west of the Yanchur River, but most advances remain shallow and measured in hundreds of meters to a few kilometers after weeks of fighting.Image
The heaviest clashes are taking place between Ternove and Novohryhorivka, where Russian forces are attempting converging attacks from Berezove and Novohryhorivka to pressure Ukrainian positions near Novomykolaivka and Kalynivske. Despite some flank penetrations, Ukrainian forces continue holding these areas.

Russian activity also intensified west of the Yanchur River toward Pryvilne and Novе Zaporizhzhia, likely aiming to push Ukrainian forces farther from Uspenivka and threaten Ukrainian logistics near Dobropillia.
Overall, Russian forces have so far failed to achieve their operational objectives on the Oleksandrivske direction. The situation has devolved into persistent meeting engagements between small assault groups across several sectors. The most likely areas for renewed Russian pressure are the Novohryhorivka–Berezove sector and the area west of the Yanchur River, where additional reserves may soon be committed.
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May 18
1) Independent researcher Paolo Maccalini published an impressive paper implicating synaptic function in various brain regions in the pathology of ME/CFS. It’s based on three major genetic studies, including DecodeME.

The most replicated signal was for glutamatergic synapses. Image
2) He used the DNA results of more than 15.000 ME/CFS patients from DecodeME, but managed to add genetic data on 3891 ME/CFS cases from the Million Veteran Program (MVP) using a meta-analysis.
3) Paolo wanted to add cases from other genetic databases as well, such as the UK Biobank or FinnGen, but this gave the issue that some of the controls overlapped.

So for now, DecodeME + MVP was the best he could do, totalling around 19.000 patients.
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May 18
Eight years.

From two founders with a vision for Southeast Asian payment infrastructure in 2018, to a live protocol with 1 million+ active users, $60M+ in institutional capital, and BlackRock BUIDL integration.

Most people found $VELO late. Here is the full timeline. Every milestone, every decision point, every proof that the build is real.

VELO Bible Series Vol. 2. The Timeline 🧵📅Image
2018. Foundation year.

Both Lightnet Group and Evrynet are founded simultaneously by the same leadership team. Two companies. Two distinct functions. One long-term plan.

Lightnet was built for the commercial remittance layer. The licensed, regulated, bank-facing business that would sign corridor agreements and process real money flows.

Evrynet was built for the technical infrastructure layer. Specifically the cross-chain bridging architecture that would eventually become foundational to Binance Smart Chain's BEP-20 ecosystem.

Nobody in the public crypto market knows either company exists yet.
2019. Stealth development.

The Federated Credit Exchange (FCX) architecture is designed from scratch. The team develops the mathematical models for the Digital Reserve System (DRS), which automatically rebalances VELO token collateral pools to maintain 1:1 pegging between issued digital credits and their fiat counterparts.

Stellar is selected as the primary settlement layer. A deliberate choice over Ethereum or Bitcoin, prioritising 3 to 5 second finality, sub-cent transaction costs, and energy efficiency.

Regulatory engagement begins. Early discussions with the Bank of Thailand and Singapore's MAS. The team understands from day one that institutional adoption requires regulatory approval, not just technical excellence.

Most of crypto is still chasing ICOs. VELO is building infrastructure.
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May 18
SitRep - 17/05/26 - Moscow region was attacked massively

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. At night and early morning, Ukrainian (jet-powered) drones attacked the Moscow region. Several targets were hit.

REPOST=appreciated

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As usual we start with Russian losses
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